Emma Large

Experience

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  Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

  Jul 2017 - Jul 2017

  Work Experience

  Experienced all the departments in a receiving house theatre, ranging from technical, stage management to marketing, creative learning and box office.

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  Buckinghamshire Council

  Oct 2018 - Sept 2019

  Library Assistant - Amersham Library

  Performed all librarian duties such as shelving, returning and borrowing books for customers and aiding PC usage. I also helped to deliver the Summer Reading Challenge and Harry Potter Night events, and performed Storytime on a Saturday morning.

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  Kickback Theatre

  Mar 2021 - Aug 2023

  Co-Artistic Director

  I co-founded this company and we are dedicated to creating innovative, unusual work that elicits strong reactions from our audiences. We want to be rooted in the present, so all our stories are responses to the times as they are currently. We encourage theatrical participation at a grassroots level, and wish to facilitate the careers of others to bring people into theatres that would not normally attend. We are experimental, strong and collaborative. I acted as a co-artistic director, championing our live theatre output, and as company treasurer. Show less

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  Birmingham Repertory Theatre

  Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

  Summer Intern

  Performing administration for the Spy School Summer Activity including call lists, script work, voice acting for key characters and facilitation team administration. I also observed workshops during the For/With/By Festival, aiding the workshop leaders where possible and gaining insight into productive workshop facilitation. In my third week I delivered the 6th annual spy school to a group of 18 5-12 year olds. The fourth week was dedicated to delivering a Play In A Week summer school for 6- 12 year olds which successfully performed a devised heist/murder mystery for an audience of staff and students. Show less

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  University of Birmingham

  Sept 2021 - Jun 2022

  Student Ambassador specializing in creating digital content for social media platforms and video-sharing websites. Undertook campus tours and interacted with prospective students on Open Days. I undertook voice-over work for the creative media team to enhance the digital output of the university. In my first paid directing position, I directed a cast of three in an immersive Ghost Stories tour of the University Campus for alumni. I worked closely with the alumni relations department to confirm a script and rehearsal timings, liaised with the drama department for rehearsal space for the actors, co-ordinated the props, costumes and effects needed, and acted as chaperone during the two performances.

  • Student Ambassador

    Jan 2021 - Jun 2022

  • Director

    Sept 2021 - Oct 2021
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  MyTutor.co.uk

  Feb 2022 - Sept 2022

  English Tutor

  I run 1-hour sessions for students to aid them in KS3, GCSE and A-Level English Language and Literature, with a focus on supporting neurodivergent students.

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  Immersive Experience Network

  May 2022 - May 2022

  Production Crew

  I worked as stage crew for the Immersive Experience Network Summit 2022 at The Vaults, London. Duties included collecting speakers, manning the reception desk, and performing runner duties to help the event's smooth operation.

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  The Alexandra

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Customer Experience Team Member

  Trained in Levels, which involves attending to audiences, managing their queries, surveying the audience during a performance to prevent disruption and performing pickup at the end of shows.

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  Birmingham Repertory Theatre

  Jun 2022 - Jul 2022

  Assistant Practitioner

  I assist the Rep's schools practitioners across six sessions and three schools to deliver classroom drama sessions and after-school drama clubs. I use my directorial experience to assist the school's involvement in the Uncommon Riches Festival, and my workshop and teaching experience to actively help within the classroom setting.

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  Buckinghamshire Council

  Sept 2022 - now

  Project Support Officer for the Rekindle Project in Buckinghamshire Libraries. Rekindle is an Arts Council England-funded, national significance project to develop libraries as cultural destinations. I work in partnership with Farnham Maltings.So far I have built evaluation monitoring tools, managed frontline library managers and provided creative guidance on bringing their Rekindle events to life. We have run poetry workshops, Fun Palaces and are gearing up to organise a tour around our libraries. I deal with PR, scheduling, creative decisions, artist liaison, comms, marketing, operational management and whatever else is useful to my team. Most recently, I successfully acted as operational manager on a two-week tour of 'The Head Gardner' by Untied Artists. I created briefing documents to ease the communication process, scheduled the tour and liaised with the artists, and created inventive marketing initiatives amongst other duties Show less I perform regular librarian duties alongside running a weekly book club for 7-9 yrs and managing Amersham Library's Facebook. I perform Health and Safety and Fire safety checks each morning and organise the staff's daily timetable. I have trained a new hire in basic librarianship tasks. I am also heavily involved in bringing culture into the libraries, liaising with arts organisations for funding, writing funding pitches, creating marketing schedules and event management. I spoke at our libraries conference about culture at a grassroots level and have been recognised by senior management for my dedication and professional work. Show less

  • Project Support Officer

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Customer Services Officer

    Nov 2022 - now

  • Library Services Officer

    Sept 2022 - Nov 2022
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  Aylesbury Opera

  Aug 2023 - May 2024

  Theater Director

  I am directed Aylesbury Opera's fully-staged production of La Boheme, which ran in May 2024 at the David Evens Court Theatre in Tring. I planned and ran rehearsals for principals, chorus and children's chorus. I organised sets and props sourcing and managed cast availability and the schedule. I also designed the set and lighting for the show. We had two sold-out performance nights.